Vaccination
US regulators OK new COVID-19 shot option from Novavax
The U.S. is getting another COVID-19 vaccine choice as the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday cleared Novavax shots for adults.
Jul 14, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Taking Vitamin D during pregnancy could lower the risk of eczema in babies
Taking Vitamin D supplements during pregnancy could substantially reduce the chances of babies up to a year old suffering from atopic eczema, according to a new study by University of Southampton researchers.
Jul 5, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US boosts monkeypox testing, 142 cases confirmed
The Biden administration has started shipping monkeypox tests to commercial laboratories, in a bid to speed diagnoses for suspected infections for the virus that has already infected at least 142 people in the U.S.
Jun 23, 2022
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Immunology
COVID-19 booster increases antibodies by more than 85% in nursing home residents and their caregivers
The pandemic has hit nursing home residents especially hard, with a disproportionately large share of COVID-19 infection and mortality rates in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Jun 22, 2022
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Cardiology
The unmet potential of clinical decision support tools in cardiology
Clinical decision support (CDS) tools are electronic systems that take information in patients' electronic health records and make suggestions to clinicians about how to care for patients. These tools can, for example, see ...
Jun 9, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Using telehealth to regularly report symptoms improved overall well-being for patients with advanced cancer
People with advanced cancer who communicated their symptoms weekly using an electronic survey had about a one-third better physical function and over a 15% better control of their symptoms compared to those who were evaluated ...
Jun 6, 2022
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Neuroscience
Researchers exploit the body's innate drive for safety to improve motor memory
A new study by Simon Fraser University researchers suggests the brain may learn faster when threatened with danger. Their research is published in the journal eNeuro.
May 23, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mask up in indoor public settings, NYC health chief urges
New York City health officials issued an advisory Monday urging New Yorkers to wear masks in all indoor public settings as the city approaches "high risk" COVID-19 alert status.
May 16, 2022
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Medical economics
Nearly 700,000 US hospitalizations and 110,000 deaths prevented from the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
The profound health and economic impact of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine during its first year of rollout in the US is described in detail in a new study in the peer-reviewed Journal of Medical Economics.
May 16, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Interprofessional collaboration leads to significant and sustained reduction in hospital-onset C. difficile infections
A new study published today in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC), suggests that health care facilities can significantly reduce the incidence of hospital-onset Clostridioides difficile infection (HO-CDI) by ...
May 12, 2022
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